1 hFor ver. 1-8, see Matt. 21:23-27; Mark 11:27-33 One day,ich. 19:47 as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel,jActs 4:1; 6:12 the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up 2 and said to him, “Tell usk[Ex. 2:14; John 1:25; Acts 4:7] by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority. ” 3 He answered them, “I also will ask you a question. Now tell me, 4 Was the baptism of Johnlch. 15:18, 21; John 3:27 from heaven or from man? ” 5 And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven, ’ he will say,mch. 7:30; Matt. 21:32 ‘Why did you not believe him? ’ 6 But if we say, ‘From man, ’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John wasn[John 5:35]; See Matt. 11:9 a prophet. ” 7 So they answered that they did not know where it came from. 8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. ”
9 oFor ver. 9-19, see Matt. 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12 And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man plantedpPs. 80:8; Isa. 5:1; Matt. 21:28 a vineyard andqSong 8:11, 12 let it out to tenants andrMatt. 25:14, 15; [Mark 13:34] went into another country for a long while.
10 When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so thatq[See ver. 9 above] they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard.sMatt. 5:12; 22:6; 23:34, 37; [2 Chr. 24:19; 36:15, 16; Neh. 9:26; Jer. 37:15; 38:6; Acts 7:52; 2 Cor. 11:24-26; 1 Thess. 2:15; Heb. 11:36, 37] But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
11 tMatt. 22:4 Ands[See ver. 10 above] he sent another servant. But they also beat anduActs 5:41 (Gk.) treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.
12 s[See ver. 10 above] And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out.
13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send myvSee Matt. 3:17 beloved son; perhaps they will respect him. ’
14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves,wHeb. 1:2; [John 1:11; Rom. 8:17] ‘This is the heir.x[1 Kgs. 21:19] Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours. ’
15 And theyyHeb. 13:12 threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 z[ch. 19:27] He willa[Matt. 24:50; 25:19] come and destroy those tenants andbMatt. 21:43; Acts 13:46; 18:6; 28:28; [Matt. 8:11, 12] give the vineyard to others. ” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not! ”
17 But hecSee Mark 10:21 looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
dActs 4:11; 1 Pet. 2:7; Cited from Ps. 118:22 ‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone ’?
18 eIsa. 8:14, 15; Rom. 9:32, 33; 1 Pet. 2:8 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it fallsfDan. 2:34, 35, 44, 45 on anyone, it will crush him. ”
19 hch. 19:47, 48 The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. 20 iFor ver. 20-38, see Matt. 22:15-32; Mark 12:13-27 So theyjch. 14:1; Mark 3:2 watched him and sent spies, whok[1 Kgs. 14:6] pretended to be sincere, that they mightlver. 26; ch. 11:54 catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction ofmMatt. 27:2, 11; 28:14; See Acts 23:24 the governor. 21 So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, andoSee Acts 10:34 show no partiality, but truly teachpActs 18:25, 26; [Acts 13:10] the way of God. 22 Is it lawful for us to giveqMatt. 17:25 tribute torch. 2:1; 3:1 Caesar, or not? ” 23 But he perceived theirs1 Cor. 3:19; 2 Cor. 4:2; 11:3; Eph. 4:14; [2 Cor. 12:16] craftiness, and said to them, 24 “Show metSee Matt. 18:28 a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have? ” They said, “Caesar's. ” 25 He said to them, “ThenuRom. 13:7 render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. ” 26 And they were not able in the presence of the peoplevver. 20 to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.
27 There came to himwMatt. 3:7; 16:1; 22:34; Acts 4:1; 5:17; 23:6 some Sadducees,xActs 23:8; [Acts 4:2] those who deny that there is a resurrection, 28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for usy[Deut. 25:5] that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second 31 and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. 32 Afterward the woman also died. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife. ”
34 And Jesus said to them, zch. 16:8; See ch. 10:6 “The sons of this ageach. 17:27; Matt. 24:38; [ver. 35] marry andach. 17:27; Matt. 24:38; [ver. 35] are given in marriage, 35 but those who arebActs 5:41; 2 Thess. 1:5, 11; See Matt. 22:8 considered worthy to attain toc[ch. 18:30]; See Mark 10:30 that age and to the resurrection from the deadd[ver. 34] neither marryd[ver. 34] nor are given in marriage, 36 fore1 Cor. 15:54, 55; Rev. 21:4 they cannot die anymore, because they aref[Heb. 2:7, 9] equal to angels andg[Gen. 1:26; Ps. 82:6] areh[Rom. 8:19, 23; 1 Cor. 15:52] sons of God, beingiSee ch. 10:6 sons of the resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised,jver. 28 even Moses showed, inkEx. 3:1–4:17 the passage about the bush, where he callslActs 7:32; Cited from Ex. 3:15; [Ex. 3:6] the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for allmRom. 6:11; 14:7, 8; 2 Cor. 5:15; Gal. 2:19; 1 Thess. 5:10; 1 Pet. 4:2; [Heb. 9:14] live to him. ” 39 Then some of the scribesnMark 12:28; [Matt. 22:34] answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well. ” 40 ForoMatt. 22:46; Mark 12:34 they no longer dared to ask him any question.
41 pFor ver. 41-44, see Matt. 22:41-45; Mark 12:35-37 But he said to them, “How can they say thatqSee Matt. 1:1, 17 the Christ isqSee Matt. 1:1, 17 David's son?
42 For David himself says in the Book of Psalms,
rActs 2:34, 35; Heb. 1:13; Cited from Ps. 110:1; [1 Cor. 15:25; Heb. 10:13] ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right hand,
43 until I make your enemiess[Acts 7:49] your footstool. ’
44 David thus calls him Lord, sot[Rom. 1:3, 4] how is he his son? ”
45 uFor ver. 45, 46, see Matt. 23:1, 2, 5-7; Mark 12:38, 39; [ch. 11:43] And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, 46 “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues andvch. 14:7, 8 the places of honor at feasts, 47 w[ch. 11:39; 16:14] who devour widows' houses andx[Matt. 6:5, 7] for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation. ”